These are a few reflections and images from my trip to Haiti. You can click on some of the links at on the last slide and get more info, pictures and reflections.

1. Haiti 2010
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Delegation to Haiti
April 12-18, 2010

2. Today’s journey

3. Today’s journey
✤ Introductions

4. Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake

5. Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake
✤ The Complexities | impact of US and church policies

6. Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake
✤ The Complexities | impact of US and church policies
✤ The Communities | efforts of farmers, church, partners

7. Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake
✤ The Complexities | impact of US and church policies
✤ The Communities | efforts of farmers, church, partners
✤ The Connections | ways to stay connected

8. Today’s journey
✤ Introductions
✤ The Catastrophe | effects of the earthquake
✤ The Complexities | impact of US and church policies
✤ The Communities | efforts of farmers, church, partners
✤ The Connections | ways to stay connected
✤ Questions

9. Introductions

10. Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.

11. Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).

12. Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).
✤ Why we went: To meet with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and PC(USA)
mission partners in order to express solidarity and long-term commitments.

13. Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).
✤ Why we went: To meet with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and PC(USA)
mission partners in order to express solidarity and long-term commitments.
✤ What I knew: Very little about Haiti; some historic US/church interactions.

14. Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).
✤ Why we went: To meet with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and PC(USA)
mission partners in order to express solidarity and long-term commitments.
✤ What I knew: Very little about Haiti; some historic US/church interactions.
✤ What we saw: Complexities of Haiti’s history: US and church.

15. Introductions
✤ Disclaimer: Still processing brief eight days.
✤ Who went: First post-earthquake official delegation of the PC(USA).
✤ Why we went: To meet with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and PC(USA)
mission partners in order to express solidarity and long-term commitments.
✤ What I knew: Very little about Haiti; some historic US/church interactions.
✤ What we saw: Complexities of Haiti’s history: US and church.
✤ What we didn’t see: Some of the more violent issues of recovery, poverty,
drugs, human trafficking, refugee settlements, etc.

16. The Catastrophe
the effects of the january 12, 2010 earthquake

17. Port-au-Prince
effects of the 2010 earthquake

18. Presidential Palace
effects of the 2010 earthquake

19. Holy Trinity Cathedral, PAP
effects of the 2010 earthquake

20. St. Vincent’s School
effects of the 2010 earthquake

21. Leogane
effects of the 2010 earthquake

22. Holy Cross Hospital
effects of the 2010 earthquake

23. The Catastrophe | earthquake

24. The Catastrophe | earthquake
✤ Things were bad before: poverty, infrastructure, food productions, etc.
and the earthquake has only intensified the situation.

25. The Catastrophe | earthquake
✤ Things were bad before: poverty, infrastructure, food productions, etc.
and the earthquake has only intensified the situation.
✤ Church and relief groups are well-intentioned, but have often only
continued unhealthy patterns of building reliance on outside bodies.

26. The Catastrophe | earthquake
✤ Things were bad before: poverty, infrastructure, food productions, etc.
and the earthquake has only intensified the situation.
✤ Church and relief groups are well-intentioned, but have often only
continued unhealthy patterns of building reliance on outside bodies.
✤ This may be an opportunity to rethink the ways in which we engage.

27. The Catastrophe | earthquake
✤ Things were bad before: poverty, infrastructure, food productions, etc.
and the earthquake has only intensified the situation.
✤ Church and relief groups are well-intentioned, but have often only
continued unhealthy patterns of building reliance on outside bodies.
✤ This may be an opportunity to rethink the ways in which we engage.
✤ Presbyterian Church (USA) is changing the ways we interact and
support the people of Haiti.

28. The Complexities
the effects of united states and church policies and postures towards haiti

29. The Complexities | our role

30. The Complexities | our role
✤ We must own and respond to our well-intentioned, but misguided
mission practices of the past;

31. The Complexities | our role
✤ We must own and respond to our well-intentioned, but misguided
mission practices of the past;
✤ commit to future appropriate and meaningful cultural interaction
through mission and partnerships.

32. The Complexities | our role
✤ We must own and respond to our well-intentioned, but misguided
mission practices of the past;
✤ commit to future appropriate and meaningful cultural interaction
through mission and partnerships.
✤ monitor and respond to US and Global polities in Haiti.

33. The Communities
how the people of haiti are working towards sustainability

34. The Haiti Fund
working with local’s to reforest and develop sustainable crops

35. Peasant Movement of Papay
developing peasant cooperatives and farming communities

36. Cap Haitien Diocese
working with local partners on schools and hospitals

37. The Communities | development

38. The Communities | development
✤ Support local agricultural practices and food production that has
Haiti producing food for Haiti.

39. The Communities | development
✤ Support local agricultural practices and food production that has
Haiti producing food for Haiti.
✤ Seek out and develop two-way partnerships that are truly about
sustainable development and solidarity.

40. The Connections
how you can stay connected to haiti development and rebuilding

41. The Connections | stay involved

42. The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]

43. The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]
✤ Mission Co-Worker: Mark Hare, MPP/Fondama [blog]

44. The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]
✤ Mission Co-Worker: Mark Hare, MPP/Fondama [blog]
✤ PC(USA) Haiti Connections [website]

45. The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]
✤ Mission Co-Worker: Mark Hare, MPP/Fondama [blog]
✤ PC(USA) Haiti Connections [website]
✤ Quixote Center: Haiti [website]

46. The Connections | stay involved
✤ Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Haiti, approaching 8M [website]
✤ Mission Co-Worker: Mark Hare, MPP/Fondama [blog]
✤ PC(USA) Haiti Connections [website]
✤ Quixote Center: Haiti [website]
✤ Bruce’s blogs and reflections in Haiti [blog]

47. Questions . . .
comments, questions and follow-up . . .